Technology Advancements

Session Chair(s)

• 

  Yonghui Ding, PhD (he/him/his)

  Assistant Professor
  Worcester Polytechnic Institute
  Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
• JL

  Jingyi Luan

  University of Houston

Track Chair(s)

• 

  Limei Tian, PhD (she/her/hers)

  Associate professor
  Texas A&M University
  College Station, Texas, United States
• 

  Donghui Zhu, PhD

  Professor
  Stony Brook University

Presentations:

• 8:30 AM – 8:45 AM EST

  Dissecting the role of systemic vs pulmonary immunity against pneumonia via extracorporeal cross-circulation coupled with Crystal Ribcage
  

  Presenting Author: Linzheng Shi, BE – Boston University

  Co-Author: Michael Vannini – Boston University

  Co-Author: Gabrielle Grifno (she/her/hers) – Boston University Biomedical Engineering

  Co-Author: Rohin Banerji, M.Sc. – Boston University

  Co-Author: Kathryn Regan, MS (she/her/hers) – Boston University

  Co-Author: Joseph Mizgerd – Boston University

  Primary Investigator: Hadi T. Nia, PhD – Boston University
• 8:45 AM – 9:00 AM EST

  Engineering Mucosal and systemic immune responses to severe influenza in human lung on chip
  

  Presenting Author: Eshant Bhatia, MSc, PhD (he/him/his) – Georgia institute of technology

  Co-Author: Rachel Ringquist – Georgia institute of technology

  Primary Investigator: ANKUR SINGH – Georgia Institute of Technology

  Primary Investigator: Krishnendu Roy – Vanderbilt University
• 9:00 AM – 9:15 AM EST

  Extravasation of the Bacteria that causes Lyme Disease Using a 3D Tissue-Engineered Microvessel Model
  

  Presenting Author: Linus Wang, MS – Johns Hopkins University

  Primary Investigator: Peter Searson – Johns Hopkins University

  Co-Author: Zikai Xia (he/him/his) – Johns Hopkins University
• 9:15 AM – 9:30 AM EST

  Jeremy Point Virus-ORF6: a novel viral chemokine induces neutrophil trafficking in a microfluidic device
  

  Presenting Author: Grady Kathondo Mukubwa, PhD (he/him/his) – University of Texas at Dallas

  Primary Investigator: Caroline Jones, PhD – The University of Texas at Dallas/UT Southwestern Medical Center

  Co-Author: Andrew Allison (he/him/his) – University of Florida
• 9:30 AM – 9:45 AM EST

  Parsing innate immune response to borrelia burgdorferi using a hydrogel-based model of the skin microvasculature
  

  Presenting Author: Laura C. Bahlmann, PhD, Biomedical Engineering (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Lauren Pruett, PhD (she/her/hers) – Massachusetts Insitute of Technology

  Co-Author: Aanya Subramaniam – MIT

  Co-Author: Anisha Datta (she/her/hers) – MIT

  Co-Author: Ryan C. Ogi, MS (he/him/his) – Massachusetts Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Bryan Bryson, PhD – MIT

  Co-Author: John Leong – Tufts University

  Co-Author: Michal Tal – MIT

  Co-Author: Douglas Lauffenburger, PhD – MIT

  Primary Investigator: Linda G. Griffith – MIT
• 9:45 AM – 10:00 AM EST

  Recombinant Protein Nanocolloids for Inhibition of Reporter and Live SARS-CoV-2 Virus
  

  Presenting Author: Rajarshi Chattaraj, PhD – New Jersey Institute of Technology

  Co-Author: Sara Cherry – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Daeyeon Lee – University of Pennsylvania

  Co-Author: Daniel Hammer – University of Pennsylvania